President Trump signed legislation imposing sanctions on Russia and limiting his own authority to lift them, a measure that has already escalated tension with the Russian government and produced retaliation against the American embassy there, the New York Times reports.
The bill passed both houses with near-unanimous, bipartisan majorities that would easily override any veto.


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